8:46 AM,
Jan. 11, 2014

Local attorney Chris Finney

Written by

Deirdre Shesgreen
dshesgreen@enquirer.com

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case challenging an Ohio law that bars candidates and issue groups from lying in their campaigns.

The case, which touches on political speech, involves a 2010 legal tangle between Steve Driehaus, a Democrat running for re-election to Congress, and the Susan B. Anthony List, a political group devoted to electing anti-abortion candidates.

The high court will not address the constitutionality of the Ohio statute. The justices will address the tangential issue of whether the parties have the right to sue. ...